Emphasis and tonal implementation in Standard Chinese

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 724-746

  Chen, Yiya ^a   Gussenhoven, Carlos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 54149116892     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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